Critically analyse the Kuznets Curve in the Indian context. In your answer, integrate the ideas of poverty traps and structural poverty, and suggest policy measures to make growth more equalising. (Answer in 250 words)

The Kuznets hypothesis posits an inverted-U relationship between growth and inequality: early development widens gaps, later structural change and human capital diffusion compress them. India’s experience invites a critical appraisal alongside concepts like poverty traps and structural poverty.